After our collective reviewing of the rules I've decided on the following:

Haiku's will not need to be 5/7/5. Departure from the 5/7/5 format is not encouraged but will be allowed.

Civility enforcement will stay the same. Any NSFW content should be marked as such and might be subject to removal if I feel it crosses a line. Racism is an instant ban.

If you want to post a haiku, make sure the haiku is the title of your post. However, if you'd like to start a discussion that is now allowed too! In that case just make sure your post has an interesting title and that the body of the post is either informative or inspires discussion. Posts like this can be used to discuss haiku history, artists, themes, translation issues, writing tips, etc.

All in all no major changes I'd say. I look forward to seeing more discussion posts from the community.